Chapter 87: On the Eve of the Decisive Battle
Because he was worried that Fu Youde and Feng Sheng would steal his ass, Zhu Wenzheng was ordered to lead an army of 60,000 to guard Luoyang and lead the northern army.
Sure enough, although Fu Youde did not move in Jinan because of too few subordinates, Feng Sheng received an order from Li Jinglong to lead his army south and attack back and forth.
Fortunately, when he passed by Nanyang, Zhu Wenzheng suddenly appeared and intercepted him.
The two sides were at a stalemate in Nanyang.
At this time, Li Jinglong led a large army and collided with the southbound northern army in Suzhou.
The Northern Army is 300,000 and the Southern Army is 500,000, and this battle will determine the ownership of the world.
On this day, the main tents of both sides were lit up all night, and they couldn't sleep all night.
Li Jinglong stood in his tent, without the slightest sleepiness, with a map in front of him, deducing tactics over and over again.
This was the first time he had led the army.
Yes, although he is the son of the famous Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, he has been familiar with military strategy since he was a child, and is quite favored by Zhu Yuanzhang, but he has never led an army alone.
He was a good player, but he had never fought as a manager.
And the person on the opposite side is Zhu Di, who is the Megatron Grassland, and Zhu Di, who is invincible all over the Northland.
The thought of this made him tremble, it was a trembling of excitement.
He is familiar with military books, and has been praised many times by Emperor Taizu, he has never felt that he is worse than any general in the world.
The 500,000 army is twice as large as the Northern Army, and no matter how you think about it, it is impossible to lose.
Zhu Di! I will step on you and achieve my prestige!
Among the camps of the Northern Army.
Yan Keng didn't feel sleepy, it was the first time he had experienced a big battle of this scale.
In the era of cold weapons, it was often a battle that decided the outcome of the whole world, and he knew very well that this time was the same, just like Poyang Lake in the past.
Unable to sleep, he wiped his saber outside the tent, and the bright moonlight reflected a fierce cold light.
There was the sound of footsteps around him, and a figure crouched down next to him.
Yan Keng turned his head and glanced at it with his peripheral vision.
The visitor was quite handsome, with a short beard, and looked very heroic, but there was a slight cynical smile on his face.
It's Zhu Gaoxu.
"Your Highness hasn't slept yet." Yan Keng chuckled, he was also quite familiar with this king of Gaoyang County, and when they fought before, the two of them, as the generals who led the army, did not cooperate less.
Zhu Gaoxu fights bravely, but his temperament is also relatively domineering, and only people who are really capable can convince him and let him put away his prodigal appearance, and Yan Keng is one of them, and the relationship between the two is quite good.
"I'll go to sleep later." Zhu Gaoxu waved the horsewhip in his hand: "Tomorrow I will be the vanguard of the left wing, and I can't sleep now...... This is the first time that a big war of this scale has been fought. ”
"His Royal Highness King Yan has appointed you as a pioneer officer again? But be careful, the sword has no eyes. Yan Keng smiled.
"My life is very hard, Lord Yama won't accept it! The one who has served as a pioneer officer over the years is either Commander Zhu, or me, oh, I have all wounds on my body, hey, none of them can kill me. Zhu Gaoxu rolled up his sleeves nonchalantly, showing his scarred arms:
"It's you, don't die, let my sister stay alive."
Yan Keng showed his value in the Yan Wang's army before, and won Zhu Di's appreciation in the southern and northern wars, Zhu Di married his eldest daughter Zhu Yuying to him, and now he has been married for seven years.
Yan Keng smiled: "I haven't enjoyed enough happiness yet, how can I be willing to die, at least ...... You also have to make a wife and a son, and leave a name in history, so that you can close your eyes peacefully. ”
"Don't think about it so much...... We are all masters of licking blood on the knife edge, and one day at a time, don't look at me saying that, in fact, I don't know when I will take off my head. Zhu Gaoxu laughed:
"When you are fighting, you work hard, you usually enjoy it, and don't think about it so much."
"Your Highness, you'd better be more restrained, I heard that His Royal Highness King Yan heard about some of the things you did before, but he was very angry......" Yan Keng was halfway through his words when he was interrupted by Zhu Gaoxu.
"We fought with our lives, and we deserved it! I will take my life to fight the world, and I will not be allowed to be reckless? ”
"Mo Lin (Yan Keng word Mo Lin), Ling has been getting more and more boring recently."
"I see that you are becoming more and more similar to my hypocritical big brother, look at your forward-looking and backward look, I don't know how unhappy it is these days!"
"Gone!"
Yan Keng looked at his departing back and shook his head helplessly.
He couldn't convince this county king, just as he couldn't persuade his second uncle.
Zhu Gaochu is frivolous by nature, but he is extremely brave in battle, and often serves as a pioneer officer.
That is the most dangerous position, and it can be said that it is past today, and there may not be tomorrow.
And this slowly magnifies his character flaws - labor and management may die next time, and I still can't enjoy it? I fight on the front line every day, and I have made great contributions to your world, I am a little more domineering, what's wrong?
Not only him, but in fact, many generals think like this, what's wrong with me working hard for your family and enjoying some privileges? So he was very much supported by the generals.
However, the state needs order.
If you can really win...... Yan Keng raised his hand and looked at the bright moon through his fingers.
A weak emperor, a brave vassal king......
Like, the next reincarnation.
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Suzhou.
Li Jinglong's army of 500,000 was arrayed outside the city.
They looked into the distance, at the place where the dust had been raised.
The Northern Army, slowly advancing.
Zhu Di sat in the Chinese army, he stared at the 500,000 troops in a neat array, and pursed his lips.
With 200,000 against 500,000, he can look down on Li Jinglong, but he can't look down on the 500,000 Southern Army.
As the saying goes, "more than 10,000 people, boundless." "Today's southern army has a full 500,000 troops, that is really boundless, from Zhu Di's side of the past, the eyes are densely packed with pockets and spear tips, flags and banners, gongs and drums, for a time the momentum is magnificent, the northern army is also a little shocked by it.
And in this huge military array, there are even some generals who have participated in the war in Pingwu and Pingxi, and they are also battlefield generals, which should not be underestimated.
Li Jinglong didn't mean to strike first, he was waiting for Zhu Di to attack.
And Zhu Di's brows furrowed, he didn't know how to deal with the enemy.
At this moment, a somewhat shrill voice suddenly came from beside him:
"Your Highness, I have a plan."
He looked back.
He was a young man with a strong build, but unlike other sergeant generals, he had a slick chin, and he did not have a beard in this era when long beards were beautiful.
Zhu Di recognized him as his personal eunuch Ma Sanbao.
In the sixteenth year of Hongwu, he was sent to Beiping, as Zhu Di's personal eunuch, he followed Zhu Di to fight in the south and north over the years, and also made a lot of military achievements.
"What's your plan? Hurry up! Zhu Di asked, he has always been good at listening to the opinions of his subordinates.
"The key point of the Southern Army is in the Chinese Army, in Li Jinglong."
"As long as Li Jinglong moves, the formation of the southern army will be chaotic, and then the cavalry will be able to raid the two wings of the southern army, and the southern army will be chaotic, and the dragons will be leaderless, and they will definitely win!"
Zhu Di thought about it carefully, and then observed the formation of the two sides again.
However, at this time, he had no other good way.
"Do as you do." He said in a deep voice.
"If this is defeated, it will be a great achievement!"
(End of chapter)